The Legislative Branch: House of Representatives

Congressional Districts: 109th Congress - Worksheet
http://www.congressforkids.net/games/
houseofrep/congdistricts.htm
Learn more about gerrymandering and how it relates to the reapportionment and redistricting of congressional seats by completing the printable worksheet and using printable maps of the congressional districts - 109th Congress.

Congressional Lingo
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If you want to sound like a political insider, you have to learn the lingo.

Constitution Test #1 and #2
http://www.constitutionfacts.com/exam.shtml
Multiple-choice tests with specific questions related to the legislative branch of our government and other related topics.

Fantasy Congress: Where People Play Politics
http://www.fantasycongress.com/
Fantasy Congress™ offers you the power to "play politics." As in other fantasy sports, you - the Citizen - draft a team of real-life legislators from the U.S. Congress who will score points for your team based on their performance. Join and compete against a league of friends or form a league of your own! You earn points based on the productivity of your chosen Members of Congress and can trade, bench or even drop underperformers.

Government Puzzle
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/25.htm
Crossword puzzle

The House of Representatives
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/14.htm
Read "The House of Representatives" and complete the questions as individuals or partners using the suggested Web sites.

How a Bill Becomes a Law http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/15c.htm
Information and tasks about how both parts of the legislative branch are involved in the lawmaking process

Knowing About Congress
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/216306
Find out how much you already know about Congress, or learn as you go, using the online flashcards that you can flip through, print in a variety of formats with custom fonts and font sizes.

Learn About the Congressional Committee System
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2002/fyi/lesson.plans/09/18/
intelligence.probe/
Use this opportunity to introduce students to the congressional committee system. Have them read Intelligence Probe and answer the listed questions to help them learn about the committees of the House and Senate and their functions.

The Legislative Branch http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/9.htm
Read "The Legislative Branch" and complete the tasks as individuals or partners using the suggested web sites.

Political Participation and Voting: Expressing the Popular Will
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/polisci/patterson/
olc/stu/graphics/xwords/xword07.html
Crossword Puzzle

Political Participation and Voting: Expressing the Popular Will
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/polisci/patterson/
olc/stu/graphics/sims/sim07.htm
Redistricting simulation

Political Participation and Voting: Expressing the Popular Will
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/polisci/patterson/
olc/stu/sa07.htm
Self-assessment multiple-choice and true/false quizzes

Quiz -- The Legislative Branch
http://www.thisnation.com/quizzes/quiz02.html
How much have you learned? Test your knowledge! Take a self-grading quiz. Click on the answer that best completes the sentence or answers the question

Trivia
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Worksheet -- The Legislative Branch
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/10.htm
Print off the "The Legislative Branch" worksheet and fill in the blanks in the sentences.

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